Aphelios vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Aphelios
based on 1,933 Aphelios vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aphelios vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Aphelios vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Aphelios
Tips for Playing as Aphelios against Soraka
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.
Advice to Win Against Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Aphelios vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Aphelios in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some significant Aphelios vs. Soraka counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Aphelios’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aphelios may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Soraka. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Aphelios typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Soraka. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aphelios and Soraka
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Who is Better, Aphelios or Soraka?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Aphelios usually fairs equally well when playing against Soraka, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Aphelios makes an ok counter for Soraka.
While Aphelios does have a higher winrate compared to Soraka, when facing one another, Aphelios also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Aphelios into Sorakaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Aphelios has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Aphelios vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Aphelios is a decent counter for Soraka. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aphelios against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Aphelios to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aphelios most often picks up much more CS relative to Soraka. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Aphelios versus Soraka build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Bloodthirster. When Aphelios bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Soraka than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Aphelios had an average winrate of 50.0% battling Soraka with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Soraka as Aphelios, Aphelios players should use the Lethal Tempo, Overheal, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Aphelios vs Soraka clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.0% win rate overall.
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